California Is Now the Leading State for America’s GPS Drones

California is where the Silicon Valley is situated, and another one is coming—the Silicon Sky. The state has the highest number of registered GPS drones for both commercial and recreation.

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The Economist

Five months ago, the FAA declared that all owners of drones that weigh more than .55 pounds should register. Now the government made public the two databases containing all the registered commercial and for leisure use GPS drone quadcopters in the U.S.

Based on the record, Menlo Park, California, has the most number of registered commercial drones with 176 registered 3G UAV. Menlo Park is also the home of Facebook Inc., which has their own drone. Start-ups like Matternet, a drone delivery company; Kespry, commercial drone manufacturer; and Skydio, established by a group of scholars from MIT and Google’s drone group, the maker of smart GPS-guided drones that have collision avoidance capability, all reside in this city.

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Other places that made it to the list are Maxwell Air Force Base in Alabama, Los Angeles, and Burbank where many of the drone users are crews shooting Hollywood films.

List of Cities with the Highest Registered Commercial UAVs

As for the city with most number of drones for recreational purposes, Houston is on top of the list with 3,061 registered leisure drone users and it’s also one of the top 10 cities with most number of registered commercial drone owners.

“Houston is supportive of innovation, and when you look at oil and gas companies, they are really technology companies,” she said. “Drones make operations better, faster, and safer.”

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Trumbull Unmanned utilizes GPS-enabled drones for mapping, scanning, and monitoring mostly in the energy sector. One of their clients is Chevron Corp. Using drones in gas flare inspection costs less both in terms of money and time than using a scaffolding or a ladder truck, says Gibbens.

Cities with the Most Registered Hobby GPS Drone Users

Almost half a million drone owners have already registered as recreational drone flyers since the registration started in December, and the industry is still growing. According to Goldman Sachs’s report in March 2016, the drone industry is expected to increase from a $1.6 billion market last year to a $3.3 billion market by 2020.

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